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Ms. Marvel fights racism in the real world.

Recently, buses in San Francisco began sporting anti-Islamic ads paid for by Pamela Geller's "American Freedom Defense Initiative," a group dedicated to opposing ethnic and religious diversity. The ads compare Muslims to Nazis, because if you're going to be a crackpot, you might as well be a full-bore crackpot.

Anyway, someone has been defacing the ads, covering with images of Marvel's Kamala Khan, the new, shape-changing Ms. Marvel who debuted in 2013:

(Because the buses are run by the municipal government, refusing the ads would count as a violation of Geller's free speech: remember, only the government can infringe on your rights, not private companies or individuals.)